Iconic coach Don Cherry tears apart referees for Oilers vs Panthers Game 2

Don Cherry has been backing the Oilers consistently through the playoffs, and before the Cup Final solidified them as his pick to win Lord Stanley in 7 games.

On the most recent edition of the Grapevine Podcast, Cherry went after the referees for major misses of multiple penalty calls, including moments just before the first and last goals by the Panthers.

Both Don and his son Tim agreed that the referees impacted the game by failing to call penalties against the Panthers that ended up becoming goals.

The first instance was on the Panthers first goal, where Sam Bennett kicked Mattias Ekholm's stick away multiple times before scoring. NHL referee analysts have confirmed this should've been called a penalty, and the goal shouldn't have counted.

The second missed call was on the final goal, where the puck came nearby the Panthers bench during a change, and they impeded the path of the puck. It's textbook too many men, and yet somehow wasn't called - then the Panthers scored the game winner.

When Don Cherry is incensed enough to call it one of the worst refereed games he's seen in his 91 years, it must really be a brutal game. On these tow critical plays in particular, Cherry is right that the referees failed to do their job.